The Osceola times., 1887-06-25

Commissioner Ia New YORK, sailed Tor
London ON the Irsve. His counsel say
that he will be back In time 10 ssa nd trial
In November.
TUE Fulter furnace at Jackson o.,
owned BY the Globe Iron Company, was
destroyed by fire on the night Of the l5t b,
originating from the stack bursting The
flames spread so rapidly that sohn Mar.
tin, the fller at the furnace, was cut on
and was burned a. the top Of the stack
Loss. $4,000, no Insurance.
THE Pensyres murder trial at Buffalo
N. Y, which has occupied four weeks,
came to an end AZ noon on the 10th. The
prosecution finished summing up In the
morning and the judge charged the jury,
who retired at l2;25 p m. The Jury rs-
turned verdict In the evening Of mur
der in the second degree.
THE steamer Champlain was burned on
Chsrievoix, Mich, on the 18th, with con
siderable loss OF life.
JoHSSY BEALL twenty years old, OK
Eaton, o., is charged, by the coroner, vii tn
the murder Of his mother.
AN extensive paper factory at Kief,
Russia, was destroyed by fire during the
night Of the 10th, involving a loss Of $3.50.
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DR. CARVER. the rife marksman, had
his eyes badly hurt on the eth, by the
explosion Of q cartridge He will be laid
up for some time.
STEPHEN WAsHBuRN wellkuown
citizen Of Wilton, n. Y, committed sui.
eide on the i7th by hanging. He had been
mentally deranged for some time owing
TO gangrene.
Amour ten O'Clock on the morning Of
the 18th two eastern bound freight trains
on the Pennsylvania Railroad collided at
Rohrestown, Pa. An engine and Ave cars
were demolished. No rerson was in
jured.
THs bridge across wins river In Byers-
villo, D., gave way under q team Of four
horses on the nth, aud fell through with
a crash. Joseph Deal. NJ. l.. Pyles and a
boy named Keith went down with the
structure and were probably fatally In
jured. The bridge had been built forty
years.
| A COLLISION occurred, on the 18th, be-
tween passenger train and freight
train on the Schaylkill Valley railroad at
Parker's Landing, Pa Charles Dehaven
| fireman OF the passenger train, was In
stantly killed, and George Psfson, the
| engineer, was seriously injured
FIRE broke out In the Cleveland Carbon
Works on the nth and spread so rapidly
that many Of the workuien escaped bare
headed ond Ia shirt-sleeves, leavin g their
tools and clothing behind The works
were entirely destroyed. Loss, about F3o,-
OOc, insurance unknown.
The Whitcomb Cedar Post Company's
| yard at Chicago was burned on the 18th,
and the lumber yards In the vicinity were
| seriously threatened. There were 1000.
/ Sc. - l,n la ha "A Tar
| steamers and the geyser were at work on
| the flames, and the fire was finally got un-
der control
the Chicago booders, were found guilty
by the jury in the Criminal Court Of the
| city by the lake, and their punis shment
| was assessed at three years in the peni.
| tentiary.
On the hight OF the 18th highwaymen
held up and robbed an express train on
the sunset route near Flatonia, Tex,
going through express, mail and passen.
| gers.
OK the 18Th George WINNER met
Charles Shelly on the public road near
Roanoke, W. Va, and without provocation
shot him through the head, killing him in
| stantly.
ON the 18th over two hundred pilgrims,
on route to Mecca, were drowned while
crossing the Danube, their boat bein
| capsizei by n hurricane
Mrs. HATTIE PENsYBEs, the convicted
| Buffalo IN. Y)murderess, was sentenced
| on the 18th to impris onment for life.
OK the 18th mine explosion occurred
at Pittston junction, Pa, by which five
men were fearfully injured, two Of them,
as least, fatally.
OK the 10th i. Trigg, of Washington
suicided by jumping OF bridge at the
| Three Sisters islands and going over
Niagara falls.
OK the morning OF the 18th Robert An
derson, a sailor, was found lying on the
street In New York, badly hurt He said
| that Chas, Hogst0rm, another sailor, had
| thrown him out Of the window. Heg-
storm was arrested, but declared that he
had not seen Anderson since the night
| before. Anderson has since died.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
OK the 18th St Mary's Episcopal Church
at Boston was gutted by fire. Loss, &l0,-
900. The lire Is believed to have been OF
incendiary origin.
| A SOLDIERS and sailors monument was
dedicated at New Haven, Conn, on the
| 18th.
| On the 18th the jury in the Sharpe
bribery trial at New York, was complet-
| ed. Mr. Sharpe was committed to the
custody OF the sheriff, but was permitted
TO go 10 his home under guard of deputy.
| Twenty-one talesman were summoned
before jury was secured.
OK the 18th the members of the New
| York Press Association aud their ladies,
who went to Boston o. the occasion Of
their annual excursion, visited, in com
pany with tn, local editors of Cam
bridge, the principal objects OF interest
In the city.
| OK the 18th the White Star Line steam
er, Brit,anic, which was in collision with
the Celtic of the same line, sailed for
Liverpool Her officers were the same as
| when the disaster occurred.
| The Interstate Commerce Commiss ion
heard the complaint on the 10Th Of the
Chicago 4 Alton against the Pennsyl-
vania Company.
| The backbone OF the great coke strike
| in Pennsylvania was broken on the 10Th
| by the Hungarian strikers at the Sterln <
and Jimtown works OF Schoonmaker 4
Co returning to work at the old wages.
| THE Washington Manufacturing Com
| pany at Philadelphia, cotton and W ool en-
goods, has suspended payment Liabili-
ties, $3.50 900; assets, 81, 3s5, IA. The sus-
| pension is attributed TO loss Of confidence
consequent upon recent failures.
TnB influx Of visitors to London TO pa--
ticipate in the jubilee festivities has
already exceeded the most extravagant
estimates, and the floods OF arrivals con-
tinue undated. The hotels have long
since ceased to receive guests, and the